A Life Cut Short

Today would have been my mom’s 86th birthday…if she had lived until today.

She did not.

She died in November of 1999 when she was only 67. According to statistics she lived a long life and actually exceeded the life expectancy for her birth year by four years. According to her family history she might have lived another eight to ten years. According to her children’s wishes we should be celebrating her birthday with her today at the DQ. Instead we are celebrating her birth with fond memories of the role she played in each of our lives. We may feel that her life with us was cut short, but she certainly made an impact while she was here. And a part of her lives on in each of us…